Economics

Hezbollah Donation Boxes Show Trump's Sanctions Are Hurting Iran

  • Militant group’s leader had appealed for public contributions
  • Iranians face surging prices and shortages at time of protest
Hassan NasrallahPhotographer: Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images
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Hezbollah’s on a fund-raising drive and wants everyone in its Lebanese strongholds to be able to contribute.

The militant group’s donation boxes, for years placed in shops across Beirut neighborhoods and southern towns, are now also fixed to street poles and have proliferated following an appeal from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah for greater assistance.